I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Shen Can did not expect that this matter would eventually circle back to him.

This is just too...

The words left by Yann Wanyun before leaving indicated two things: Ao Mountain is searching for the person who activated the Kui Ox War Drum, and the Jishan Bo Division is reliable.

Shen Can pondered over Yann Wanyun’s words carefully.

Yongshan fell, the various divisions fought fiercely, sparing no one from slaughtering the people of Yongshan Bo Division and looting Yongshan’s heritage completely.

Jishan tried to save people but eventually failed.

And the things taken from Yongshan were not only a single Kui Ox War Drum; even the Bronze War Chariot was just a small item.

As a tribe that had summoned the residual soul of Yongshan as a Sacrificial Spirit, it was obviously impossible to be friendly with these tribes.

Yann Wanyun saw the Sacrificial Spirit Dragon in the Three Fires and had learned of its origins, naturally realizing that the Sacrificial Spirit was summoned from Xiaoyang Gufu Mountain.

The foundation of the Three Fire Division appeared almost self-evident to Yann Wanyun.

At the very least, it has accepted part of the heritage from Yongshan Bo Division.

In this, Yann Wanyun was not mistaken.

So, the implication of Yann Wanyun’s final words was the reliability of Yanran and Jishan.

Not only in facing Xiaoyang but also in confronting other divisions in Yongyi.

"Acan."

Huo Chang walked over and saw that Shen Can was staring blankly at the distant city gate.

"What’s wrong? Why did Yann Race Leader leave?"

"He went to look for suitable mining materials," Shen Can came back to his senses and said, "Race Leader, pull back temporarily after eradicating the small Xiaoyang tribes around Heyang."

"This grand war will ultimately settle on Muo Yan Vein Master."

"Besides, we’ve been out of the tribe for so long, having gathered so many clanspeople, it’s time to check our foundation and see how much we are lacking compared to the Bo Division."

...

The arrival of Yann Wanyun made Shen Can realize that no matter how well the Three Fires hid, they could no longer remain hidden.

With so many clanspeople continually battling Xiaoyang, it’s like an elephant hiding behind a giant tree; it just can’t stay hidden.

With strength, still hiding and hesitating, how can anything be done effectively?

As night fell.

Shen Can sat cross-legged in the Ancestral Temple, attempting to separate a Soul Seed from his Divine Soul.

The secret technique of the Three-Headed Kingdom is too good not to practice.

The arrival of Yann Wanyun gave the Blazing Flame Tribe a new direction for development.

The Northern Lands, Ji Land, and the yet unconnected Dai Land.

He had previously mentioned to the middle-aged elder from Dai Land that Blazing Flame needed Dai Land’s resources for development, and became aware that the enemies of the Blazing Flame Tribe were not only Xiaoyang but also certain decaying characters from Yongyi.

Unexpectedly, he had already collided with these decaying figures, he just didn’t know it before.

If he could use the Three-Headed Secret Technique to create two additional avatars, he could station them in the Northern Lands and Ji Land, commanding the Ancestral Temples of the three tribes, thereby strengthening control over the three areas.

Rather than being like now, unable to manage everything, unable to return from Ji Land to the Northern Lands to cultivate and comprehend.

...

Two days later, Huo Chang walked into the Ancestral Temple with a thick Beast Hide Scroll.

"Acan, it’s all calculated now. The accumulation of strength over several years is comparable to the accumulation of hundreds of years of other Bo Divisions."

Huo Chang’s eyes were blazing. He had a vague idea of how much foundation the tribe had gathered, knowing it was considerable, but the thorough investigation left him stunned.

"The clanspeople number three million three hundred seventy-eight thousand nine hundred forty-seven."

"The number of Blood Sea Guards, excluding those who entered the Xiaoyang Race Territory, is currently twenty-four thousand seven hundred."

"There are fifty-three thousand Heavy Blade Guards."

"Including the Antelope Qilin Beasts, there are five thousand six hundred thirty War Beasts."

"There are two Bronze War Chariots, and the number of imitation war chariots has reached three hundred, and thirty-seven imitation Flying Ships."

"On the Guimu River, there are seventeen warships over a hundred feet, and forty-six under a hundred feet."

"There are thirteen thousand Sailors."

"The rest of the Clan Soldiers total two hundred seventy-three thousand six hundred."

"The Three Fire Tribe Division currently has seventeen thousand three hundred artisans, mainly in forging, armor making, and such."

"We control seven mineral veins, including two large ones, one of which can produce copper for crafting Witch Artifacts."

"Two thousand four hundred thirty-three youths have been selected for Witch Cultivation aptitude."

"Five Celestial Vein Ninth Layer Martial Artists, all from the Luo River Bo Division, currently very obedient."

"Three Celestial Vein Eighth Layer Martial Artists: Huo Ning, Huo Tu, and myself."

"Fifty-seven Celestial Vein Seventh Layer martial artists, half of whom were gathered from the tribespeople."

"One hundred ninety-seven Celestial Vein Sixth Layer martial artists."

"Altogether, there are one thousand two hundred thirty-three below the Sixth Layer Celestial Vein."

...

"The numbers are so vast that if we had honestly stayed within the Giant Mountain Range, who knows how many hundreds of years it would take to gather so many people."

Huo Chang, though happy, was somewhat worried. The swelling size of the people controlled by Blazing Flame is akin to a snowball growing in size.

In just a few short years, the tribe’s force rapidly expanded and if not well-managed, they could easily fall apart.

Shen Can, however, was not overly worried; the numerous tribespeople, coming from various shattered tribes, were, in fact, easier to gather.

He could increase the frequency of sacrifices, using them to increasingly purify the thoughts of the tribespeople.

Moreover, everyone had a common enemy, which was Xiaoyang; external pressure would serve to bind them more tightly together.

That being said, with over three million people, plus nearly a million from the vassal tribes in the Giant Mountain Range, the gathered tribespeople were already sufficient.

The main goal now should be to bind the people together.

Whether they were once remnants of the Cyan Stone Division or survivors of the Bo Division’s Earth Armor, after the original tribes were destroyed, regardless if the tribespeople desired to forget or not, their former tribes were now history.

"Currently, the thoughts within the tribe are quite scattered, and need to be unified."